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A space tourist company in Central Florida is building a first of its kind balloon to take passengers to space.

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Monday morning, the Space Florida board of directors meeting chose Long over two fellow job finalists during a meeting in Orlando.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Balloons the size of a football field that aim to take tourists up to the edge of space as soon as next year will be constructed at

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ORLANDO, Fla. — Balloons the size of a football field that aim to take tourists up to the edge of space as soon as next year will be constructed at a new facility on the Space Coast. State and local government officials along with leadership with the company Space Perspective were on hand this week at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a 49,000-square foot facility called the Seely SpaceBalloon ...

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Space Perspective cuts the ribbon on a new facility near Kennedy Space Center.

Want to visit space? You me be able to sooner than you think. Space Perspective is building massive modern space balloons with a bar and lounge that hopefully will carry people to the edge of space.

At high altitude, Space Perspective's hydrogen-filled polyethylene balloons will expand into a teardrop shape measuring 350 feet in diameter.